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Wed 11 Nov 2000Rail strike to go ahead as talks fail with more disruption promisedOver 40,000 mainline rail passengers will have to find alternative transport today and tomorrow after talks broke down at the Labour Relations Commission last night. Further strikes are planned for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week and SIPTU rail branch secretary Mr Tony Tobin warned of an all-out strike becoming likely in the following week.Iarnrod Eireann management offered signallers an extra £1,000 a year each, plus another £500 increase next September, if they would call off the strike. However, union representatives said this would still leave their 138 members up to £3,500 a year worse off under the new analysed hours system than the present arrangements.